Rubens and Smith finally engage, but on Twitter

For the first time, the two candidates challenging Scott Brown for the U.S. Senate Republican nomination are not only engaging, but their supporters are calling for each other to drop out of the race.

Jim Rubens and Bob Smith spent much of the Tuesday trading remarks back and forth on Twitter. Most of the remarks were about who was the real conservative or which campaign had the most momentum.

Still, the debate back and forth is important and likely to continue. State Republicans are clearly divided between those backing Brown and those opposing him. What is less clear is where the anti-Brown vote is supposed to go.

During a conference call with reporters, Mike Dennehy, of a pro-Rubens SuperPAC, announced they were creating a new anti-Brown website called RealScottBrown.com. When he was asked whether or not Smith should drop out to consolidate the anti-Brown crowd, Dennehy said it was highly unlikely, but "it would help."

Once that quote was published on Twitter, Smith's campaign replied that Dennehy "knows that Sen. Smith is the only Conservative in the race and that our campaign is on fire!"

Then they later said Rubens "is not resonating with the base and must drop out!" When asked if the Smith campaign was having fun or being serious they responded with a fully blast statement from Smith campaign manager Jack Kimball officially calling for Rubens to drop out.

Of course, it was less than a month ago when conservative activist Karen Testerman dropped her bid to endorse Smith.

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